Rattinan Clinic is a medical and aesthetic center in Bangkok, Thailand. It focuses on plastic surgery, dermatology, and medical weight loss. A team of board-certified physicians founded the clinic in 1999. They have completed nearly 600 liposuction cases and over 550 miraDry treatments. The facility is an international miraDry Center of Excellence.
The clinic holds AACI safety accreditation with a score of 98%. It meets ISO 14644-1 clean room standards for all surgical procedures. Major surgeries are performed with the JCI-accredited BDMS hospital network. The founder leads the medical team and has over 30 years of experience. Patients from more than 52 countries travel here for body contouring and skin care.
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The procedure reshapes the forehead for a more balanced look, through the safe removal or addition of bone.
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